The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries support Open Access publishing in many ways. As a world-leading research institution, Carnegie Mellon is a major creator and consumer of scholarly materials. We aim to provide the CMU campus with a range of Open Access publishing options, including publisher agreements and funds for Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Through the Libraries’ efforts to champion new forms of scholarly communication, we have focused on building relationships with publishers that prioritize open access and sustainability.
The Libraries has Open Access agreements with various publishers, including Elsevier, Wiley, Cambridge University Press, Springer, Institute of Physics, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), American Chemical Society (ACS), Cold Spring Harbor Press, Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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See agreement pages for more additional details
| Publisher | Eligible Journals |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
All ACS journals |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | All ACM journals, conference proceedings and magazines |
| Cambridge University Press | Search for journals covered under this agreement |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | Genes & Development Learning & Memory Genome Research Molecular Case Studies RNA |
| Company of Biologists | All Company of Biologists journals |
| De Gruyter | In hybrid or fully Open Access De Gruyter journals |
| Elsevier | Gold or Hybrid Open Access journals (excluding Cell Press journals) |
| IEEE |
15% off article processing charges (APCs) |
| Institute of Physics (IOP) |
Search for journals covered under this agreement |
| Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | A 10% discount on APCs for all journals |
| PeerJ |
All PeerJ journals:
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| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Complex Systems, PLOS Digital Health |
| Scientific.net / Trans Tech | All 18 periodicals on https://www.scientific.net/ (including two fully Open Access journals) |
| Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) | Search for journals covered under this agreement |
| Springer | All Springer Hybrid journals (excluding Nature journals) |
| Wiley | Wiley hybrid and gold journals |
| Oxford |
Hybrid Oxford Journals Search for journals covered under this agreement |
| Royal Society |
All Royal Society Journals |
| Royal Society of Chemistry |
All Royal Society of Chemistry Hybrid Journals and Gold OA Journals (including RSC Advances) |
*Articles in Open Access journals without a CMU corresponding author can still be made OA using the Libraries' APC fund to pay some of the OA publishing fees. See CMU’s APC webpage for more information and to apply for APC funds.
Contact
If you are unsure whether your article or journal is covered under CMU publisher agreements, or with other questions, please contact the University Libraries Data and Publishing Services team.